# Montreal Cognitive Assessment **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 17, 2018, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-cognitive-assessment/806851 "2018-01-17T19:55:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2022, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-cognitive-assessment/806851/3 "2022-09-23T13:06:54Z")
For any that wanted to take this piece of the FBI/Mar-A-Lago conversation a bit further: > [@FBI Search and Seizure at Trump's Mar-A-Lago Residence (August 8, 2022)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-08-08-22/969329/3260): > > In Canada it is mainly used for dementia of various types. Yes, it is one of many tools to assess delirium and related things but there are often better ones. Never seen it used for substance abuse - how does that work? (Do not want to hijack thread, I assume this is not a common use.) > [@FBI Search and Seizure at Trump's Mar-A-Lago Residence (August 8, 2022)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-08-08-22/969329/3261): > > Not to mention heart failure or HIV… Heart Failure (HF) can, but doesn’t always, mean that the absolute output of the heart is abnormally low. Think about the batteries in your flashlight dying – the light output dims mildly or radically. This can affect any and all organs. The brain – despite its legendary place among the pantheon of organs – is really just an organ, itself, so it’s subject to the same deleterious effects of low cardiac output (cerebral hypoperfusion). This is often experienced as cognitive impairment, dysfunction, or decline – good to test for and monitor over time. IANAD, so … DAMHIKT --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-cognitive-assessment/806851)._